Portugal-Brazil : the age of Atlantic discoveries / essays by Luís de Albuquerque [and others] ; a note to the reader from Fernando Collor and Mario Soares ; forewords by Iza Chateaubriand Sessler, Timothy S. Healy ; editors, Max Justo Guedes, Gerald Lombardi.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the New York Public Library, June 2-Sept. 1, 1990, primarily organized by the Brazilian Cultural Foundation in New York.

Includes bibliographical references (page 269).

Text in English. Essays by Luis de Albuquerque, Charles R. Boxer, Francisco Leite de Faria, Max Justo Guedes, Francis M. Rogers, and Wilcomb E. Washburn. Published to accomany the exhibition of the same name from June to September 1990, held at The New York Public Library. Includes introductory essays on the origins of the exhibition and a title essay. The main catalogue is divided into four sections: The Art of Astronomical Navigation; Exploring the Atlantic; Portugal-Brazil: The Encounter between Two Worlds; and The Literary Impact of the Portuguese Discoveries. Includes appendices as essays: Some Notes on Science in the Age of Discoveries; The Politics of the Discoveries; a Chronology of Portuguese Discovery, 1415-1616.

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